Moon Jelly
Scientific name: Aurelia aurita
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Average lifespan Up to 25 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m (diameter) |
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Distribution Subtropical to the polar region |
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Did you know?
Moon jelly’s tentacles have stinging cells that are used for hunting and to defend themselves from the predators. The male releases their sperm through the mouth into the water column before being received and fertilized by the female. |
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Average lifespan Up to 25 years |
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Size Up to 0.5 m (diameter) |
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Distribution Subtropical to a polar region |
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Did you know?
Moon jelly’s tentacles have stinging cells that are used for hunting and to defend themselves from the predators. The male releases their sperm through the mouth into the water column before being received and fertilized by the female. |
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Seahorse
Scientific name: Hippocampus abdominalis
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Average lifespan Up to 5 years |
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Size Up to 0.4 m |
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Distribution South-west Pacific |
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Did you know?
Seahorse is a poor swimmer, luckily it has a prehensile tail to grasp objects and anchor itself to avoid drifting. Seahorse used its small dorsal fin to move forward and backward. To stay afloat it needs to adjust the volume of air on its swim bladders. The male seahorse will self-fertilizes the eggs in its pouch as soon as the female transfer the eggs, and the male need to go through birth contraction up to 12 hours. |
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Average lifespan Up to 5 years |
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Size Up to 0.4 m |
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Distribution South-west Pacific |
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Did you know?
Seahorse is a poor swimmer, luckily it has a prehensile tail to grasp objects and anchor itself to avoid drifting. Seahorse used its small dorsal fin to move forward and backward. To stay afloat it needs to adjust the volume of air on its swim bladders. The male seahorse will self-fertilizes the eggs in its pouch as soon as the female transfer the eggs, and the male need to go through birth contraction up to 12 hours. |
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